Larry
Cole, who has coached 49 NCAA Division III All-Americans in a
20-year head coaching career, enters his sixth season at Rose-Hulman
Institute of Technology this fall.
Cole
helped lead the men's track and field program to its first
conference championship since 1989 with a first-place finish in the
2008 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships.
The efforts included five all-conference honorees and a Most
Valuable Field Events Award for senior standout Thomas Reives.
Cole
has helped revitalize the Rose-Hulman women's track and field
program, while continuing the tradition of men's success. The women
have established 35 school records in the last four years, including
the team's best-ever finish with a third place in the 2007 HCAC
Championships.
For his efforts,
Cole was honored as the 2008 HCAC Men's Track and Field Coach of the Year for
his third career league-wide award.
The Engineer men's
team has featured nine individual conference champions in the last four
seasons for a program that features 33 All-American awards by 14
student-athletes since 1975. The 2007 season featured a third-place
outdoor national finish by All-American pole vaulter
Ryan Schipper.
A Closer Look
Years at Rose-Hulman:
6th
Years at NCAA Division III: 21st
Track and Field Honors:
Coached 49 NCAA All-Americans; 1996 men's and women's track regional Coach of the
Year; three-time conference Coach of the Year
Athletic Experience: 2003-Present: Track and field, cross
country coach at Rose-Hulman 1997-2003: Athletic Director, Lima Bath (Ohio) H.S. 1990-97: Track and field, cross country coach, Ohio
Northern University
1982-90: Track and field, assistant football coach, Muskingum
College
1980-82: Football, assistant track and field coach, Maysville
(Ohio) H.S.
1979-80: Assistant football, track coach at Muskingum College.
1978-79: Track and field, assistant football coach, John Glenn
(Ohio) H.S.
1977-78: Freshman football, middle school boy's basketball,
track coach, East Muskingum (Ohio) Middle School.
Education:
B.S.,
Muskingum College, 1977; M.S., University of Dayton, 1997.
Cole’s success extends to his cross country squads.
In 2007, the Engineers enjoyed their best season in more than a decade with a
third-place finish in the HCAC championships. At Ohio Northern, his teams earned four league
runner-up finishes from 1990-97.
He has coached 22 all-conference runners,
one All-American and one Ohio College Division Runner of the Year throughout his
cross country coaching career.
Cole's efforts also helped Rose-Hulman land
the hosting role for the 2007 and 2009 NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field National
Championships. He previously served as the meet director for the
1995 NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Nationals at Ohio Northern.
Cole began his coaching career at Muskingum
College (Ohio) as the men’s and women’s track and field coach from 1982-90. At
Muskingum, he coached 52 conference champions, 15 NCAA Division III
All-Americans, and four conference women’s championship teams.
Cole then moved on to Ohio Northern
University, where he coached 72 conference champions, 33 NCAA Division III
All-Americans, and was twice named conference Coach of the Year from 1990-97.
He was also named both the Great Lakes
Region men’s and women’s Coach of the Year in 1996.
Off the track, Cole served as the first vice
president of the NCAA Track and Field Coaches Association of 1997 and served on
the Executive Committee of the United States Track and Field Association from
1995-97.
